Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets chief minister Nitish Kumar at the swearing-in ceremony of the new Gujarat government in Gandhinagar in 2017. RJD veteran Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, in probably his last electoral contest, is pitted against Veena Devi of the LJP. Veena Devi, on the other hand, suffers for reputation. Even those who ride the Veena Devi bandwagon aren’t able to defend her or her husband. But they have a fallback: “Modiji hain naa, Modiji ke wajah se jeet jaai Veena Devi taa jeet jaai... khali agar Modiji kaa jaadu chale.” (There’s Modiji, if Modiji becomes a factor Veena Devi may win, but if Modiji’s magic works.”

Source: The Telegraph May 07, 2019 01:52 UTC